Brush



p 1938. F. w. CURTIS, JR- 2,131,500

BRUSH Filed March 12, 1937 M INVENTOR- v Q Bi r M mg ATTORNEYS.-

Patented Sept. 27, 1938 UNITED STATES PAT ENroFFicE Thisinventionrelates to brushes and more particularly to a type of brushadapted to have associated therewith a cake ofsolid soap in such amanner that the soap and brush form a substantially unitary scrubbingunit.

One object of this invention is the provision of a brush of suchcharacter which will be relatively simple to manufacture and having aminimum production cost.

An additional object is the provision of a brush adapted to accommodateany one of a variety of sizes of cakes of soap in such a manner that thebrush and soap as a unit may be utilized by a bather as necessary. w

As conducive to a clearer understanding of this invention it may be herepointed outthat numerous types of soap now onthe market are of asinkable or nonbuoyant character and tend therefore to become invisible'under the surface of the Water during the bath of an individual.Additionally it frequently so happens that in bathing the operations ofsoaping and subsequent scrubbing of the body entail a needless andunnecessary exertion on the part of the individual.

It is an object of this invention to provide a bathing brush of such acharacter as to preclude all possibility of temporary misplacement orloss of the soap while bathing and further to provide a brush of such acharacter that the soaping and scrubbing of the individual may beaccomplished in a single operation.

A still further object of this invention is the provision of a brushwhich provides in and of itself a container of soap in such manner as toobviate the necessity of the provision of a separate drainage receptaclefor soap at the termination of the bath.

Other objects will in part be obvious and in part pointed outhereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists in the combinations of elements,arrangements of parts and features of construction, all as will be morefully. pointed out hereinafter and disclosed in the accompanyingdrawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a brush embodying the inventiveconcept,

Figure 2 is a bottom elevational view of the brush shown in Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a sectional view along the line 33 of Figure 2 as viewedfrom the top disclosing the brush having a cake of soap assembled inoperative relation therewith,

Figure 4 is a side sectional view of a structure embodying a modifiedform of the inventive concept.

Having particular reference nowto Figure 1 there isgenerally indicatedat [0 a handle of any conventional design provided with a plurality oftufts of bristles ll which may be securedthereto, as best shown inFigure 3, by insertion in suitable 5 recesses l2 in the handleportion!!! of the brush.

Bristles l l are arranged, as better shown in Figure 2, in theperipheral band about exterior annular edge of handle I l soas toprovide a suitprovide relatively sharp protruding corners to 20,

effect interengagement with a cake of soap when the same is placedthereupon and are of sufficient cross sectional area to precludethe'possibility of inadvertent breakage of the same as would be the casewere the blocks of smaller dimension. 25

A modified form of construction is shown in Figure 4 wherein a handle l0accommodates a plurality of tufts of bristles ll inserted in suitableapertures I2' the tufts of bristles being arranged in a peripheral bandsimilar to that of 30 the bristles shown in the preceding modification.In the form shown in Figure 4 however, a slight recess 20 is cut intothe inner surface of handle l0 and in recess 20 are disposed a pluralityof pins 2| having enlarged heads 22 which serve a 35 purpose analogousto that of blocks l6 and grooves l5 of the previously discussedmodification.

From the descriptions given above the operation of the device of theinstant invention should be 40 readily understood. Soap 25, as bestshown in Figure 3, is inserted in aperture I3 and placed firmly thereinin such manner that blocks I6 engage the upper or adjacent surface ofsoap 25 in such manner as to hold the same in related as- 45 similarprocedure is observed save that in this corrugations l4 may, as bestshown in 15 f with respect to the area, so treated, lt will beunderstood that soap 2 51afterimmersion in water.

will act in the manner normal to soap and diffuse a certain portion ofits exterior constituents. to the surrounding tufts of bristles II insuch manner that the said tufts will become thor-f';

oughly impregnated with the solventsubstance of the soap and thus effecta simultaneous soap"- ing and scrubbing actionvupon ,the area; so:

scrubbed.

It will thus be seen that there is provided in the inventionhereinbefore described .a bathing brush accomplishing the objects ofthis invention as well as others. of'great practical importance, itbeing understood that upon termination of the bath the bather neednot-remove thesoap 25 from receptacle 13 but may merelyby.posi-,,

tioning handle lflupon a suitable surfaceprovide aneffectivedrainagereceptacle for soap 25, the

liquid residue of which, it will bunderstoodQwill flow through theapertures between the tufts of -bristles l I, thus obviating thenecessity for aseparate soap dish 'or other analogous receptacle.

Additionally in the use of the brush as previi ously pointed out, itwill be readily understood .that in one comparatively simple operationthe bather may accomplish both the soaping and scrubbing actionsnormally requisite .to bathing in asingle simple operation.

While in the foregoing thehbrush of the l stant invention has beendescribed primarilyas a.

"brush adapted to be utilized .for the bath it will ,tlgclaim as myinvention:

1. In a device of the character described, in

',combination, a handle portion, bristles secured to ,saidhandle.portion in a band forming an aperture for themeceptibn of a pre-formedcake of *soap a surfaceppi said handle portion exposed in saidaperturehaving a plurality of transverselycuvgrooves therein forming rigidprojectionsadapted to,have said'cake-of soap impaled thereon: to securethe .same in related assembly to saidhandle and. said bristles.

2. .Ina device of .the character described, a handle portion, bristlesse'curedin and projecting outwardly. from a surface of saidhandleportion in aband. formingan aperture for reception ofapreforlnedcakeohsoap, spaced rigid soap anchoring projections on" thesurface of the handle portion exposed-in said aperture and extendingin'substantially parallelrelation to the surrounding bristles, saidrigid projections being adapted to havela preformed cake of .soapimpaledthereon to secure the soap'iii related. assembly to thehandleandbristles e "3. The structure defined in claim 2 in which saidrigid projections haye relatively small crosssectional dimensions andare provided at their freeends' with enlarged anchoring heads.

f e W. CURTIS, JR.

